Atlantis: Devil's Sea by Robert Doherty

Author:Robert Doherty
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: General, Science Fiction, Adventure, War & Military, Military, Fiction
ISBN: 9780984257553
Publisher: Who Dares Wins
Published: 2010-08-31T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

THE PRESENT

Dane could see a destroyer circling the perimeter below, the submersible on one side of the flight deck, already rigged to a crane, ready to be lowered. With a slight bounce, the helicopter landed, and Dane slid open the cargo bay door and got out, joined by Loomis. Foreman was waiting for them, wearing a one-piece black jumpsuit.

“I’m going with you,” Foreman said to Dane.

“But, sir—“ Loomis began, but Foreman cut him off.

“Mr. Dane thinks I always send others in harm’s way,” Foreman said. “I thought I’d show him differently.”

Dane knew that wasn’t quite true. Foreman wanted to go to the graveyard and search for his brother’s plane. Still, he felt no need to mention that in front of Loomis. Dane quickly changed into a similar black suit and rejoined Foreman on the deck. The hatches were open on the two spheres that made up the crew compartments of Deepflight, and the pilot and navigator were already on board. Dane followed Foreman up a small ladder and then down into the small sphere. The hatch was closed behind them and screwed shut.

Dane lay down on the padded bottom of the sphere, ignoring Foreman, who was checking screens and gauges as if he had a clue how the thing operated. Dane closed his eyes and allowed his mind to roam, sensing the ocean around them as the submersible was lifted off the deck and lowered into the water. There was a jolt as the crane hook was released by divers. The nose of the submersible titled forward, and they were on their way.

Dane picked up no threat in the immediate area. He closed his eyes and within a minute was asleep as Deepflight continued its long descent to the bottom of the world.

He woke with a nudge of Foreman’s foot in his chest. “We’re at the door.”

Dane looked over the CIA man’s shoulder at one of the video displays. The flat, black metal extended in all directions.

“Any sign of activity in the gate?” Dane asked.

“Nagoya is monitoring from the FLIP, and he’s picked up nothing.”

Dane could see they were moving down along the wall. “How deep are we?”

“Ten thousand, five hundred meters,” Foreman said. He tapped the screen and spoke into the headset he wore. “That’s it. Go in there.”

A dark circle was in the center of the metal, exactly as it had been in the Milwaukee Deep in the Atlantic Ocean. It grew closer as the pilot directed them toward it. Dane felt the same strange sensation of disorientation as they passed through; then they were in.

The submersible surfaced inside the huge chamber, exactly in the center. Dane waited calmly, Foreman not so relaxed, as the pilot prepared the craft to allow them to exit. Finally, the green light came on next to the hatch above their heads, and Foreman spun the handle, slowly unscrewing the hatch.

Dane followed him out, balancing on the grid that surrounded the rear sphere. For security purposes, they’d agreed that the pilot and copilot would remain secure in the forward sphere for the mission.

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